Ooo, lots of good stuff here! I was wondering about everything flowing okay since I was posting in dribs and drabs - it can be hard to follow. And just keep sense of the pacing and such.
You know, when you talk about the sequence of them escaping the castle, and the wolves and the river and all that, I know exactly what you're talking about - that it's kind of doing its own thing. It was one of the first things I outlined in the second half of the movie and I think I stuck with it because it was really concrete. I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea to take a break from the castle - because I think it could be too much to spend essentially the whole movie in that one location - but it does kind of lead to another repetitive beat for Mira. She's like, I'm going back to the castle! And then she's like, ...I'm going back into the castle! Maybe if she didn't go down to the village - if she and Ilka split earlier? The only reason I can think of her not leaving with Dominik is if Samuel were already there, which would solve another problem, actually.
whereas the first half felt like it was all aiming toward something.
That's good to know. I mean, there's always some degree of "wow things are changing" after the midpoint, but I think I've got more than that here. I'm thinking I'll need to sit down and watch Rosemary's Baby again, which has such a nice, clear structure, and a real sense of a woman figuring out mysteries, which is really what the first half was about for me. In that movie, the central question is, "What's happening to Rosemary?" I'm not sure if I've got such a clear question here, and I think I should.
Thanks again for taking the time to write all this; it really, really helps. :D
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Date: 2011-01-17 03:43 pm (UTC)You know, when you talk about the sequence of them escaping the castle, and the wolves and the river and all that, I know exactly what you're talking about - that it's kind of doing its own thing. It was one of the first things I outlined in the second half of the movie and I think I stuck with it because it was really concrete. I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea to take a break from the castle - because I think it could be too much to spend essentially the whole movie in that one location - but it does kind of lead to another repetitive beat for Mira. She's like, I'm going back to the castle! And then she's like, ...I'm going back into the castle! Maybe if she didn't go down to the village - if she and Ilka split earlier? The only reason I can think of her not leaving with Dominik is if Samuel were already there, which would solve another problem, actually.
whereas the first half felt like it was all aiming toward something.
That's good to know. I mean, there's always some degree of "wow things are changing" after the midpoint, but I think I've got more than that here. I'm thinking I'll need to sit down and watch Rosemary's Baby again, which has such a nice, clear structure, and a real sense of a woman figuring out mysteries, which is really what the first half was about for me. In that movie, the central question is, "What's happening to Rosemary?" I'm not sure if I've got such a clear question here, and I think I should.
Thanks again for taking the time to write all this; it really, really helps. :D